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Brookdale Completes $11M Expansion of Seniors Housing Community in Indianapolis

by Christina Cannon April 7, 2016

INDIANAPOLIS — Brookdale Senior Living, the largest owner and operator of seniors housing in the United States, has completed a three-story building on the campus of Robin Run Village, a continuing care retirement community in Indianapolis. The $11 million project is part of a capital investment and community management joint venture between Brookdale and Health Care Properties (HCP). The new building’s top floor offers 25 new memory care apartments. The first and second floors offer 43 assisted living apartments and amenities. With completion of the project, Robin Run Village can now accommodate approximately 700 residents on its 86-acre campus.

April 7, 2016

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Multifamily Southeast Virginia

Dominion Realty Partners to Develop Apartment Community in Charlottesville

by John Nelson April 7, 2016

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. — Dominion Realty Partners plans to develop Fifth Street Place Apartments, a 200-unit, Class A community located at the intersection of I-64 and 5th Street in Charlottesville. The property will be situated adjacent to Red Light Management’s new 465,000-square-foot retail center that will be anchored by Wegmans. Community amenities will include an upscale clubroom with Wi-Fi access, fitness center, coffee bar, business center and a large swimming pool. This is Dominion Realty’s first development in Charlottesville. Citizens Bank of Charlotte provided construction financing for the project. The design team, which includes architect Rule Joy Trammell & Rubio and general contractor VCC, plans to deliver Fifth Street Place in spring 2017.

April 7, 2016

Florida Industrial Southeast

Ridge Development Breaks Ground on Spec Industrial Facility in Metro Miami

by John Nelson April 7, 2016

MEDLEY, FLA. — Ridge Development, the industrial development arm of Transwestern Development Co., has broken ground on Airport North Logistics Center, a 182,057-square-foot speculative industrial facility. The distribution center will be located at the intersection of N.W. 87th Avenue and N.W. 90th Street in Medley, a suburb of Miami. Ridge Development expects to complete construction on the project in September 2016. The property will feature 32-foot clear heights, a 60-foot speed bay, 46 dock-high doors, two street dock ramps, 72 trailer spaces, security fencing and additional vehicle parking/outside storage. Ben Eisenberg, Walter Byrd, Thomas Kresse and Carlos Gaviria of Transwestern will provide leasing services for the project. Itasca Construction has been selected to oversee construction of Airport North Logistics Center.

April 7, 2016

Louisiana Restaurant Retail Southeast

Newk’s Eatery Opens 100th Restaurant in Louisiana

by John Nelson April 7, 2016

LAKE CHARLES, LA. — Fast-casual Newk’s Eatery opened its 100th restaurant in Lake Charles on April 4. The restaurant is the first Newk’s franchise location for Southeast Restaurant Group, a New Orleans-based veteran operator of franchise and independent restaurants, and the third restaurant nationwide to feature Newk’s “Generation 2” restaurant design. The Jackson, Miss.-based brand’s newest restaurant marks the halfway point in its aggressive growth plan to open 200 units by 2019. The restaurant is one of 15 units planned by Southeast Restaurant Group for the southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas region over the next seven years. The group’s development agreement complements the brand’s ongoing expansion efforts along the Gulf Coast and is Newk’s largest build-out commitment to date.

April 7, 2016

Hospitality Massachusetts Northeast

Hilton Worldwide Opens 127-Room DoubleTree Hotel in Massachusetts’ South Shore

by Amy Works April 7, 2016

ROCKLAND, MASS. — Hilton Worldwide has open DoubleTree by Hilton Boston-Rockland, located at 929 Hingham St. in Rockland on Massachusetts’ South Shore. Located 21 miles south of Boston Logan International Airport, the hotel features 127 guest rooms, 24-hour room service, a fitness center, business center and an outdoor heated pool. Additionally, the property offers 4,000 square feet of meeting space. Formerly a Holiday Inn, the hotel is owned and managed by Linchris Hotel Corp.

April 7, 2016

Georgia Mixed-Use Southeast Top Stories

Allen Morris Co. to Develop $210M Mixed-Use Project in Atlanta’s West Midtown District

by John Nelson April 7, 2016

ATLANTA — The Allen Morris Co., a Coral Gables, Fla.-based real estate developer, has announced plans for Star Metals, a $210 million mixed-use development in Atlanta’s West Midtown neighborhood. The project will feature an upscale apartment building known as Star Metals Residences and a 12-story office building known as Star Metals Offices. The buildings, which will both feature ground-floor retail space, will be situated across Howell Mill Road from one another. “Although Atlanta has always been a great place to live and work, West Midtown’s cultural center of gravity is becoming stronger and the economic and lifestyle potential is greater than ever before,” says W. Allen Morris, chairman and CEO of The Allen Morris Co. “We see our sites as fundamental building blocks and a keystone in West Midtown’s evolution where tenants and residents can enjoy a well-rounded lifestyle.” Oppenheim Architecture + Design LLP is the lead architect for both buildings. Warner Summers Architecture and Interior Design is designing the interior of Star Metals Offices, and DWELL Design Studio and Lord Aeck Sargent are teaming up for Star Metals Residences’ interior work. “We are proud to have assembled world-class architectural teams that believe in developing projects that enhance Atlanta and …

April 7, 2016

Industrial Oregon Western

Majestic Breaks Ground on 303,000 SF Spec Industrial Building in Oregon

by Nellie Day April 7, 2016

HILLSBORO, ORE. — Majestic Realty Co. has broken ground on a 303,000-square-foot spec industrial warehouse in Hillsboro. The project will be situated at the southeast quadrant of Highway 26 and Brookwood Parkway, 18 miles west of Portland. It is scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2016. The new development will be the third building at the Majestic Brookwood Business Park. It will neighbor a 200,000-square-foot ViaWest data center, which opened its first phase in September 2015, as well as a 65,000-square-foot Top Golf entertainment complex scheduled to open this June.

April 7, 2016

Georgia Healthcare Southeast

Emory Healthcare, Atlanta Hawks to Build $50M Sports Medicine Center, Team Training Facility

by John Nelson April 6, 2016

BROOKHAVEN, GA. — The Atlanta Hawks Basketball Club and Emory Healthcare have partnered to build a 90,000-square-foot training and sports medicine center on Executive Park Drive in Brookhaven, which will serve as the team’s official practice site. The privately funded facility will cost roughly $50 million to develop, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The project will feature a fully dedicated recovery area including cryotherapy, sensory deprivation tanks and in-ground hydrotherapy. All non-sports orthopaedic specialties will be located two blocks away at The Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center. The team expects to break ground this summer, and the Hawks Basketball Operations Department will be housed in the facility upon its completion. In addition to the naming rights entitlement of the training and sports medicine facility, Emory will become the official sports medicine provider of the team. The Hawks’ new facility will be the first in the NBA to be co-located with an entire sports medicine center, allowing for expert and immediate treatment and on-site access to state-of-the-art equipment such as a 3 Tesla MRI scanner. Emory will utilize roughly 30,000 square feet that will offer preventative and rehabilitative treatment and sports performance training. The entire roster of doctors, surgeons and specialists …

April 6, 2016

Maryland Multifamily Southeast

Beatty Development Group Breaks Ground on High-Rise Apartment Tower in Baltimore

by John Nelson April 6, 2016

BALTIMORE — Beatty Development Group and its partners, Armada Hoffler Properties Inc. and The Henson Development Co., has begun construction on 1405 Point, the first apartment building in Baltimore’s Harbor Point, a mixed-use neighborhood with public spaces and commercial properties spanning 3 million square feet. The 17-story, LEED Silver-certified apartment building will feature 18,000 square feet of ground-level retail space and 289 residential units with views of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Units will feature floor-to-ceiling windows, stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, wood plank flooring, modern cabinetry and an energy efficient heating and cooling system. Community amenities will include a 24/7 fitness center, 11th-floor lounge and pool, grilling stations, yoga room, entertainment and media lounge, covered parking and a newly landscaped park. The development team expects to open 1405 Point in late 2017.

April 6, 2016

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Multifamily Texas

The Signorelli Co. to Begin Construction on The Reserve at Aspen Creek

by Haisten Willis April 5, 2016

BROKEN ARROW, OKLA. — The Signorelli Co. has begun construction of The Reserve at Aspen Creek, a 240-unit apartment complex in Broken Arrow expected to open in early 2017. The community will be the residential component of The Shops at Aspen Creek, a 400,000-square-foot shopping, dining and entertainment destination planned to include multiple restaurants and stores in addition to multifamily residences. The entertainment anchor is the 16-screen Warren Theatre, which opened in 2015. Tulsa-based Architects Collective designed the apartments. Trinity Multifamily, which acquired the 13-acre site in 2014, will manage the apartment community. The Reserve at Aspen Creek will consist of 20 buildings with amenities including a saltwater pool, gazebos and fire pits, workout facilities and a business center. The interiors will feature stainless steel appliances and granite countertops.

April 5, 2016

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